Lush Labs UK body sprays I wouldn't mind trying: Sparkly Pumpkin (juniperberry, lime and grapefruit), Ectoplasm (tangerine, grapefruit and litsea cubeba), Space Girl (grapefruit, bergamot and violets), Mamma Mia (bergamot, rosewood and vanilla) and Winter Garden (ylang ylang, benzoin and bergamot). £20 - 25 for 200 ml at Lush UK.
It’s Hump Day! Birthdays: Johnny Mercer, Alan Shephard, Margaret Atwood, Wilma Mankiller. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m still messing around in the bowl of Dawn Spencer Hurwitz samples. Today, a new one I have not announced yet: Adrenaline and Scorched Earth {an isolation / meditation experience}. Despite the scary name, this is a mild, not-too-sweet cowboy coffee + dirt gourmand, and I’m very tempted by the (affordable) 10 ml roller, but I do hate rollers.
Reminder: on 11/20, for Bo Derek’s birthday, wear a perfume that you would rate an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10…
A spot for the new Odeuropa project.
From the pungent scent of a cigar to the gentle fragrance of roses, smells can transport us to days gone by. Now researchers are hoping to harness the pongs of the past to do just that.
Scientists, historians and experts in artificial intelligence across the UK and Europe have announced they are teaming up for a €2.8m project labelled “Odeuropa” to identify and even recreate the aromas that would have assailed noses between the 16th and early 20th centuries.
— Read more in Scents of history: study hopes to recreate smells of old Europe at The Guardian (or, see University smells project to recreate historic industrial and perfumed aromas at BBC; Odeuropa awarded €2.8M grant for research project on European olfactory heritage and sensory mining at the Odeuropa site). Hat tip to Jiji!
Holiday 2020 videos from Gucci, The Body Shop and Yves Rocher.